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    Home » Recipes » Dinner » Creamy Turkey Pumpkin Chili

    Modified: Oct 10, 2024 · Published: Oct 23, 2019 by Angela G. · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Creamy Turkey Pumpkin Chili

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    This turkey pumpkin chili recipe is easy to whip up, perfect if you’re in need of some comfort food, fast, on chilly fall or winter days. Made with ground turkey or use leftover Thanksgiving turkey.

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    Guys, this creamy turkey pumpkin chili is scrape-the-bowl-clean good.

    This pumpkin chili recipe is easy to whip up, perfect if you're in need of some comfort food, fast, on a chilly fall or winter's days.

    ★ Why You'll Love this Recipe ★

    Healthy Comfort Food

    The best part about this comfort food though, is that's it's actually healthy too.

    I've never really been a huge fan of pumpkin, actually. This might surprise a lot of people because I have quite a few pumpkin recipes on this site. (Browse my other pumpkin recipes here)

    The reason is—actually there are two reasons.

    One: I love fall and fall things. It's such a short and colorful season of change that I always seem to be on a mission to soak it all in while it lasts.

    Whether that's taking the tree-lined road home, getting outside for a hike with the kids, or talking a walk around the block with a friend before the roads are covered in snow. So, add pumpkin into my cooking is just one of those fall things that I try to do while the grocery stores have their shelves lined with cans of pumpkin puree.

    And two: Pumpkin is actually full of vitamins! If you look at the nutrition facts, you'll see it's loaded with vitamins!

    It packs vitamin A, potassium, vitamin C, calcium, iron, fiber as well as potassium. And it's low in all the bad stuff — sugar, carbs, cholesterol and has no fat. It's like an unsung superfood! So I'm here to sing about it, and try to work it into as many recipes as possible. 🙂

    Other healthy ingredients, too.

    As if the pumpkin alone wasn't enough to get you feeling good about making this for dinner, this chili also features white beans, adding fiber and protein, lean ground turkey, carrots, and spinach.

    Add some spices and a touch of cream and all of these flavors come to life!

    ★ Tips & FAQs ★

    What's the best cookware for soups?

    Are you getting serious about soup-making?

    I know a lot of people that are just excited about soups. Eating them. Making them. Using a crockpot, Instant Pot or the stove top. Even cooking soup over a campfire if you're the camping type. I think it's kind of similar to how people either tend to like baking or cooking. Soup making is almost it's own category of cooking.

    My favorite pot for soups: the Dutch oven

    My favorite method for making soups and that's using a dutch oven. I think of it as sort of an old school Instant Pot. You can saute in it, brown your meat and then add the rest of your ingredients so everything's done in one pot.

    You obviously don't have the pressure cooking feature like the Instant Pot does which is cool, but you don't really need it in most cases if you're just cooing ground meat or smaller chunks of protein.

    So, if you're interested in getting serious about your soup making, I highly recommend getting yourself a dutch oven.

    I currently have a 6-quart Lodge dutch oven and I love it!

    Lodge Cast Iron Dutch Oven

    It comes in a bunch of fun colors (mine is "Lagoon" a.k.a. green). I saute, stir fry, boil and cook almost everything in this pot. It can go right into the oven, so I bake and roast meat in it too.

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    Ground Turkey Pumpkin Chili

    Creamy Turkey Pumpkin Chili

    Author: Angela G.
    This turkey pumpkin chili recipe is easy to whip up, perfect if you’re in need of some comfort food, fast, on chilly fall or winter days. Made with ground turkey or use leftover Thanksgiving turkey.
    5 from 2 reviews
    Reviews
    Course: Dinner, Lunch
    Cuisine: American
    Skill Level: Easy
    Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 35 minutes minutes
    Servings: 6 Servings
    Yield: 8 cups

    Equipment

    • dutch oven

    Ingredients 

    • 1.5 lbs ground turkey or leftover Thanksgiving turkey
    • 2 carrots chopped
    • 2 stalks celery
    • 1 small onion diced
    • 2 tablespoon butter
    • 15 oz pumpkin puree
    • 14.5 oz diced tomatoes
    • 2 cups chicken broth
    • 15 oz navy beans drained and rinsed
    • 15 oz cannellini beans drained and rinsed
    • 1 cup fresh spinach leaves chopped
    • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
    • 2 tablespoon chili powder
    • 2 tablespoon sugar or honey
    • 2 tablespoon sour cream
    • salt and pepper to taste
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    Instructions

    • Sauté aromatics. Melt butter in a dutch oven over medium-high heat.
      Add sliced carrots and cook for 3 minutes, stirring frequently.
      Add sliced celery and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes.
      Next add diced onions and cook for a final 3 minutes or until onions are translucent.
    • Cook turkey. Add ground turkey* to dutch oven and stir, with vegetables, until cooked thoroughly (about 8-10) minutes.
      *If using leftover cooked turkey, cook vegetables alone for an additional 5 minutes and add cooked turkey, with other ingredients, in the next step.
    • Create broth. Add pumpkin puree, tomatoes, beans, chicken broth, chopped spinach, spices and sugar or honey. Bring to a boil.
      Finally stir in sour cream and remove chili from heat.
    • Season to taste with salt and pepper.
    • Serve. Spoon into bowls and serve!

    Notes

    Cook time for vegetable may vary depending on how thick they are sliced. For more tender vegetables, you may need to cook longer or slice thinly.

    Nutrition Facts

    Serving: 1.5cups | Calories: 400kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 39g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 76mg | Sodium: 606mg | Potassium: 1088mg | Fiber: 16g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 16000IU | Vitamin C: 16mg | Calcium: 173mg | Iron: 7mg
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    1. Kristin says

      October 25, 2024 at 8:12 am

      5 stars
      Delicious and so easy to make! This is definitely going into my regular rotation.

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